Brick-ice-cream container



May 3, 1927.-

1,627,424 c. BINDER BRICK ICE CREAM CONTAINER FiledJuly 25. 1923 2Sheets-Sheet 1 3/ 2/ /7 3/ z! ,6 /:f (i fi l/w 2:

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, 1,627,424 (1. BINDER BRICK ICE CREAM CONTAINER Filed July 25, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 2 c fli INV ENTOI ATTORNEY Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN "BINDER, OE PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

BBICK-ICE-CREALI CONTAINER.

Application filed July 25, 1923. Serial'Nm. 658,811,

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and more particularly to acontainer for dispensing ice-cream in the form of bricks. I

I One of, the main objects of the invention is to provide a device ofthefcharacter stated of simple construction and operation which may bereadily produced at smallcost. A furthenobject is to provide a device bymeans of which ice-cream bricks may be dis pensed singly andentry ofwarm air into the container ,or the ice, compartments will be preventedthus effecting a material savingin the amount of ice used. Furtherobjects will appear from the detailed description. v I

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Figure 1 is a front view of a cabinet in which the device is mounted;

Figure 2 is a top lan view with the top or cover of the mbinet removed,partly broken away;

Figure 3 is a transverse section through the cabinet, the container andassociated parts being also shown in section;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the locking bar andassociated parts;

Figure 5 is a section taken substantially on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

The container is formed of sheet metal or any other suitable or referredmaterial and includes a body 1 boxlike construction provided at itsforward portion with a hood 2. A closure member or door 3 is rockab1ymounted on a rod 4 extending through the forward portion of the hood,this door being provided, at its upper end, with an angularly disposedarm which is normally positioned adjacent to and in parallelism with theinner face of the top wall of hood 2, this arm being provided at itsinner end with a downwardly directed flange 6. The body 1 is sup ortedat an inclination in a suitable cabinet the inner end of the bodyresting upon a strip 8 secured to the inner face of the cabinet and theouter or forward end of the body fitting snugly into a casing 9 securedto the inner face of the front wall of the cabinet. An angle strip 10 issecured to the under face of body 1 and fits against casing 9 so as tohold the body against downward movement, the an 1e strip 10 co-operatingwith casin 9 an strip 8 to support body 1 at an inclination downwardlyand forwardly of cabinet 7. At its upper portion body 1 is provided witha neck 11 normally closed by a cover By removing cover Bof cabinet 7 andremoving cover 12 of neck 11, bricks 13 of ice-cream may bereadily'placed withinbody 1 and these bricks will slide toward the lowerend of the body until the lowermost brick contacts with door .3, as inFigure 3.

An eye 14 is loosely secured through door 3 and a locking rod 15 isloosely secured at itsinner end through this eye. slides through anopening 16 provided through front wall I) of cabinet 7. This rod alsoslides through a locking bar .17 which extends across the front of thecabinet. Bar 17 has a longitudinally. extending channel 18 in its upperface and the outer wall of the bar is provided'at its upper edge withaninwardly projecting flange 19 Rod 15 is bent intermediate its ends toform an angular projection 20 and the outer end of this rod is also bentto provide a gripping element or head 21, the bar being provided with avertical slot 22 extending from the upper face of outer wall 17 toaccommodate projection 20 when this projection is turned into verticalposition. Normally bar 15 is in the position illustrated in Figures 3,4: and 5, projection 20 being positioned beneath flange 19 to outer wall17 and in contact withthe outer wall, this serving to effectually securedoor 3 in closed position. When it is desired to remove a brick frombody 1, the rod 15 is turned so as to bring projection 20 into verticalposition, this turning of the rod being permitted due to itsinclination. After the rod has been turned into this position it ispulled outwardly so as to raise door 3, rocking the door into theposition indicated in Figure 3. This permits the lowermost brick 13 toslide out of the lower forward end of body 1. Movement of the door 3into open-position depresses arm 5 so as to bring flange 6 thereof intocontact with the next to the lowermost brick 13 thus effectually holdingthis brick and the ones above it against downward movement in the body.When the door is again closed the bricks are released so as to slidetoward door 3 in the manner previously described, The brick dischargedwhen door 3 is raised drops into a drawer 23 provided for this purposebeneath the forward end of body 1, this drawer being slidable in thelower portion of casing 9. In this manner, by releasing the rod 15 andpulling it outwardly and then depressing the rod and locking against-This rod outward movement, a brick of ice-cream is discharged intodrawer 23 so that by pulling this drawer out the brick may be readilyremoved. This eltectually prevents entry of warm air into either thecontainer or the cabinet 7 thus efiecting a very material saving in iceused, it being understood that cabinet 7 is filled with a freezingmixture about the container. In practice I arrange the containers insets or'pairs in the cabinet, as illustrated in Figure 2, though it willbe understood that any number of containers preferred may be positionedwithinthe cabinet, and "these containers may be ar 'anged in anysuitable or preferred manner. As will be understood, and as indicatedherein, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts ofthe "invention may be resorted to without departing from the field andscope of the same, and I intend to include all such variations, as fallwithin the scope of the appended claims, in this application in which apreferred form only of my invention is disclosed.

What I claim is:-

In combination with a cabinet having an opening formed in a wall't'hereot a casing mounted within the cabinet, a drawer slidably mountedin the lower portion of the casing, acontainer supporte'd'at aninclination to the cabinet and having its lower end portion positionedwithin the casing above the drawer, a door normally closing the lowerend portion of the container, an angularly shaped arm operable on one ofseveral objects withi'nthecontainer inwardly oi": the door when saiddoor is open to permit discharge 'of'the lowermost of'one of saidobjects for holdingthe other objects against downward movement duringdischarge of said lowermost one of the objects, a locking memberipivotally connected to'thedoor and having a portion projecting throughthe opening,'sa1d locking member including an angular projection formedin its body, and a member carriedb'y the wall of the cabinet definingthe opening and provided with a longitudinally extending channel for theaccommodation o'fthe angular projection, said member having a verticalslot formed therein forthe passage ofsaidangular"projection to permitopening-0 f said door,-substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHRISTIAN BINDER.

